Mist on Water
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Long ago, in a far off land, there rose a tale as old as the earth. As long as Ryne can remember,...
Fantasy Mythology Young Adult
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018)
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With the U.S. on its knees, suffering from complete societal collapse and rampant anarchy, the...
Bethr1986 (305 KP) rated His Untameable Wickedness (Untameable #1) in Books
Dec 9, 2022
Leo is a highly regarded businesswoman that has fought tooth and nail for what she has. She has done things she's not proud of to protect the ones she loves, her mother - who is in a maximum security prison - ends up in a coma through an overdose of an illegal substance. It's up to Leo and the few people she trusts to get to the bottom of what happened.
This book is not for the faint-hearted there is quite a bit of dark stuff in here that could be a trigger for some people as there is abuse mentioned. I did enjoy the story once I got into it. I just found it a bit backward and forward to start with but then you travel farther into the story and it gets easier to comprehend.
A recommendation by me.
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ClareR (6037 KP) rated A Certain Hunger in Books
Mar 16, 2023
I mean, if you’re going to murder someone, why not go the whole hog and make something nice out of their buttocks or their tongue? Yes, it’s gory, but Dorothy Daniels is such a narcissistic psychopath that it’s all done so terribly nicely.
I listened to this on audiobook as I read it, and maybe I’ve been able to take something else from this. The Narrator, Dorothy (aka Hillary Huber), sounded superior, well-educated and completely logical. Obviously she’s not - she’s writing her memoir sat in a prison cell!
What would have been the icing on the cake, would have been someone finding her memoirs at the end.
Clearly this will be a marmite book, and as someone who is usually ambivalent about marmite, I actually rather liked Dorothy Daniels and her distinctive tastes!
David McK (3649 KP) rated Hancock (2008) in Movies
Apr 11, 2021 (Updated Jul 11, 2022)
Straightening the leaning tower of Pisa, blowing out the Olympic torch, drinking, etc?
That's pretty much how this film starts, with Will Smith's Hancock a hard-drinking, hard-living (and miserably lonely) 'superhero' more concerned about his next drink than saving the day.
However, when he recues publicist Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman), Hancock soon becomes convinced to change his way of life, voluntarily surrendering himself to the authorities (who are sick of the damage he has caused and the ensuing financial implications of the same) and going to prison until the public starts missing him and the police need his help.
There is a real surprise in the third Act of the film, which does take it in a totally different direction that it had been going up to that point.
The Leviathan
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SHE IS AWAKE... Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas...
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Death or Volentus
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Volentus is a necromancer gifted with the ability to raise the dead and command them to do his...
The Chained Prince (The Eldergreen Series, #1)
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The chained prince haunting her dreams isn’t a nightmare. He’s real—and fate won’t let...
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Embedded (Dakota Judd #1)
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Jailed Army Ranger Dakota Judd is offered a life-altering deal from Jean Steele, an ambitious and...
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